Vancouver set to approve first legal marijuana shops
The city has already refused 135 other applications because they didn’t meet zoning requirements and were either too close to schools, community centres or public gathering places
Vancouver expects to legalize by the end of February the first 14 of at least 20 marijuana-related businesses now operating within city limits.
On Monday, the city said it had whittled down 176 applications for the country’s first legal retail marijuana stores to 14 that will now go before the Development Permit Board for approval. Another six stores could be drawn from 19 applications that are deemed to be clustered too close to each other.
The city has already refused 135 other applications because they didn’t meet zoning requirements and were either too close to schools, community centres or public gathering places.
Although the 14 initial applications have met minimum siting and location standards, they won’t be able to apply for business licenses...
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